Grief diminishes when it has nothing to grow upon.

Grief diminishes when it has nothing to grow upon.

A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.

A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.

Bells call others, but themselves enter not into the Church.

Bells call others, but themselves enter not into the Church.

You stick in the same mire.

You stick in the same mire.

Our neighbour's crop is always more fruitful and his cattle
produce more milk than our own.

Our neighbour's crop is always more fruitful and his cattle
produce more milk than our own.

A third Cato has dropped from the skies.

A third Cato has dropped from the skies.

Is there a man whose judgment clear
Can others teach the course to steer,
Yet runs himself read more

Is there a man whose judgment clear
Can others teach the course to steer,
Yet runs himself life's mad career,
Wild as the wave?

War should neither be feared nor provoked.

War should neither be feared nor provoked.

He is twice a conqueror, who can restrain himself in the hour of
triumph.

He is twice a conqueror, who can restrain himself in the hour of
triumph.